Drew Dowdell

They're going to get into even more trouble when they get to the As and Cs and they still have one more S to cover potentially. Would an EQA Sedan be the A-Class or CLA-Class? Then there's the GLA and then the G-Glass which I guess could be EQG? Also CLS (which I don't actually expect to survive... shame, because its one of my favorite Benzes).

If @smk4565 is to be believed, the S-Class is the end-all-be-all car. Need a luxury sedan? Get an S-Class. Been in some hard times and looking at a Corolla? Get a used S-Class. Single mother working three jobs? Get an S-Class. Now, I'm teasing him a bit of course, but in that $110k - $130k range, he's right. There really is no other choice. Are there better choices at lower price points? Sure. But if you're in the market for a full-size Panzer tank that is safe, swift, silent, and sumptuous for a $1,500/m lease payment, are you really going to go to Lexus or Genesis? And the point I'm agreeing with him and you on is that they should have sculpted the EQS to look exactly like the S-Class. Do a fancy light up matrix grille or something to differentiate it... I'm sure the people in Stuttgart could come up with something.

I could go either way on the frunk. I do see its usefulness, but not having it wouldn't be a dealbreaker for me in this car. I agree with everything else you said though. There's no reason the EQS has to look like this and there's no reason it has to be so small inside. It feels a full class down from S in terms of space. It would make a perfectly good EQE (and the EQE would make a good EQC). It just doesn't have that almost-a-limo quality and space that the ICE S-Class has. It's like if Chrysler made an electric 200, slapped a 300E badge on it, and said "See! Same thing, but electric!"

The difference between WLTP and EPA is not that drastic (the worst being the Porsche Taycan that drops 85 miles) and it isn’t consistently one way or the other. Sometimes a car’s EPA beats the WLTP and sometimes WLTP beats the EPA. If you’re looking for a long distance cruiser, you want an EV with a longer EPA range. If you’re mostly a city driver, you want a vehicle with a longer WLTP range. For reference, the ID.4 RWD drops 44 miles and the AWD drops 51 miles going from WLTP to EPA. 435 - 44 = 391…. Exactly the range of a Model-S Long Range Plus EPA rating.

Very interesting! It sounds like they're doing Ultium-Lite.

I need to hear more about the platform. I'm sure it is somewhere between Ford and GM, but I don't know towards which side it leans. GM built an entirely new platform that can be used in anything from small sedans to full-size Hummers and Escalades. Ford stuffed a huge battery pack in an existing vehicle. My guess is this Ram is something in between.... a bunch of batteries in an existing platform, but with an all new body.